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Why Cramming For a Test Doesn’t Work

April 22, 2026 | Renée Fishman

It seems logical to believe that cramming studying into a short time will help you retain the information better. Here’s why this will backfire every time.

Filed Under: ADHD, Learning, Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, cramming, flood, information, learning, overload, process, productivity, systems

The Change in a Yoga Pose That Changed My Perspective on Productivity

January 13, 2026 | Renée Fishman

How removing the “support” of a yoga block from a pose radically changed my perspective on yoga, productivity, and life itself.

Filed Under: Fitness, Productivity, Yoga Tagged With: ability, blocks, capacity, foundation, Katonah Yoga, nervous system, security, stability, support, systems, yoga

Is It Complicated — or Just Hard?

December 23, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re feeling stuck, it’s crucial to identify whether the thing you’re trying to do is hard, complicated, or both. Here’s why it matters.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: complicated, hard, productivity, simplify, skills, strength, support, systems

Stop Icing Your Injury

November 9, 2025 | Renée Fishman

For years, ice and rest have been the go-to response for injury. It turns out they don’t improve healing — and can actually interfere with it.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: fitness, habits, healing, injury, movement, physical body, protocols, recovery, rest, strategies, systems

The Essential Rhythm to Power Your Days

September 29, 2025 | Renée Fishman

There’s a fundamental rhythm that powers every part of nature. You can use the same pattern to plan your days to stay regulated and avoid burnout.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: astrology, cycles, flow, harmony, holistic productivity, pause, productivity, rhythm, systems

Venus in Leo: Commit to Your Creative Dreams

August 26, 2025 | Renée Fishman

Your ‘unrealistic’ creative vision isn’t a flaw—it’s the exact ingredient needed for breakthrough innovation. Here’s why being called delusional might be the best compliment you’ll get.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, change, commitment, creativity, dreams, holistic productivity, inner work, innovation, power, productivity, structure, support, systems, vision

New Moon in Virgo: Create Your Ritual Revolution

August 23, 2025 | Renée Fishman

As the Sun and Moon meet up in the first degree of Virgo for the first of two new moons in Virgo this year, they invite us to create a radical and revolutionary change to our routines and rituals.

Filed Under: Astrology Tagged With: astrology, breakthrough, Gemini, habits, holistic productivity, Mercury, new moon, productivity, renew, restart, revolution, rituals, routines, systems, the ritual revolution, Uranus, Virgo

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